Tao (disambiguation)

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Tao is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy.

Tao may also refer to:

Comics and video games

  • Tao (comics), the fictional character from the comic book WildCATS
  • Tao Jun
    , the fictional female character from the manga and anime Shaman King
  • Tao Pai Pai
    , the fictional character in Dragon Ball media
  • Tao Ren
    , the fictional male character from the manga and anime Shaman King
  • Tao (video game)
    , a post-industrial video game for the Famicom

Geography

People and language

  • Tao people, also known as the Yami, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
  • Tao, Yami language, by ISO 639-3 code

Medicine

  • Thromboangiitis obliterans, Buerger's disease, a type of vasculitis
  • Thyroid-associated orbitopathy
    , an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues
  • Troleandomycin, an antibiotic

Music

Organisations

  • TAO, Tailored Access Operations, a cyber espionage unit within the United States National Security Agency
  • Tao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
  • TAO (collective)
    , a radical tech organization based in Canada

People

  • Tao (surname), Chinese surname (, Táo)
  • Tào (surname)
    , the Vietnamese surname based on the Chinese surname Cáo ()
  • Terence Tao (born 1975), Australian-American mathematician, co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal
  • Seqenenre Tao (reigned from 1560 or 1558–1555 BC), Egyptian ruler of Thebes who started the process of ousting the Hyksos kings from Egypt
  • Tao Geoghegan Hart (born 1995), British cyclist
  • Tao Okamoto (born 1985), Japanese model and actress
  • Tao Tsuchiya (born 1995), Japanese actress
  • Huang Zitao (黄子韬, born 1993), Chinese rapper, actor and martial artist
  • Antwuan "Tao" Simpson, American singer of Dru Hill band

Science and technology

See also